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Don't let the "security" FUD scare you. I bet 99% of malware infections are from people running stuff they should know better than to. Turn off all listening services, use a firewall, and keep JS off by default. I can't wait to see how many new exploits are introduced by all the new features of Win11 which are in a seemingly half-done state... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28404332

>>userbi+(OP)
Are you seriously calling security patches FUD? This is the worst advice I've ever heard on HN.

>>joseph+B1
After several years of "essential security updates" being unconditionally bundled with hostile, anti-user changes in both the desktop and mobile space, it is no surprise that some of us will start to assume that the security updates are not actually so essential.

With software from github or f-droid, I look forward to updates and check frequently, because I trust the developers to make good software and I can revert if necessary. With software from microsoft or google, I dread updates and disable them, because I trust the developers to make bad software with no practical means of reverting.

>>joseph+B1
Like the other user said, we've entered an age where the "security update" is the malware.